LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - On June 8th, officers found 48-year-old Vernia Penrod deceased in her apartment in the Beechmont neighborhood. The Jefferson County Coroner’s office said they suspect foul play, but so far, no one has been arrested. Now, Penrod’s brother says he just wants answers.

“We’re really wanting to know what’s going on, not just for my sister, but for the safety of other people in southern Louisville,” said Penrod’s brother, Thomas Fitzwater.

Fitzwater lives out of state, but when he first heard the news about his sister’s passing, he reached out to the Jefferson County Coroner.

The coroner told him his sister had been murdered, but could not share many other details.

“I put together a GoFundMe, or my cousin did, for me to go down to Louisville to find out everything th

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